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• Small Unmanned Aircraft System (Small UAS)p. 5-4
  CHAPTER 5. PART 107 SUBPART B, OPERATING RULES (SMALL UAS) › 5.7 Civil Twilight and Operations at Night › 5.7.2 Operations at Night

  remote PIC must have completed either an initial knowledge test or recurrent training that have been updated to include night operations. Second, the small unmanned aircraft must have lighted anti-collision lighting that is visible for at least ... flash rate sufficient to avoid a collision at the operating location. A certificated remote pilot receives night operations privileges and may operate at night only after completing either a knowledge test that contains questions on night physiology and night visual…

• Small Unmanned Aircraft System (Small UAS)p. 8-36
  CHAPTER 8. SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT OVER PEOPLE › 8.14 Operations Over People at Night

  performance-based safety requirements are time-of-day neutral. The risk mitigation measures apply equally to day and night operations when operating over people, with specific requirements for both the manufacturer of the small unmanned aircraft and the remote pilot ... small unmanned aircraft used in an operation at night is eligible to operate in any category for operations over people listed in part 107 subpart D, then the remote pilot may operate the small unmanned aircraft over human beings…

• 14 CFR Part 107 — Small Unmanned Aircraft SystemsOpen
  14 CFR § 107.29 Operation at night.

  Operation at night. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this section, no person may operate a small unmanned aircraft system at night unless— (1) The remote pilot in command of the small unmanned aircraft has completed an initial ... intensity of, but may not extinguish, the anti-collision lighting if he or she determines that, because of operating conditions, it would be in the interest of safety to do so. (b) No person may operate a small unmanned aircraft…

• Small Unmanned Aircraft System (Small UAS)p. 5-7
  CHAPTER 5. PART 107 SUBPART B, OPERATING RULES (SMALL UAS) › 5.9 VLOS Aircraft Operation › 5.9.3 VLOS at Night

  VLOS at Night. Prior to a small UAS operation at night, the remote PIC should ensure they will be able to keep the small unmanned aircraft within the intended area of operation and within VLOS for the duration ... operation. In almost all cases involving operations at night, the remote PIC may need to restrict the operational area of the small unmanned aircraft. Reduced lighting and contrast at night may make it difficult for remote pilots to fulfill…

• Small Unmanned Aircraft System (Small UAS)p. 5-4
  CHAPTER 5. PART 107 SUBPART B, OPERATING RULES (SMALL UAS) › 5.7 Civil Twilight and Operations at Night

  Civil Twilight and Operations at Night. Night is defined in § 1.1 as the time between the end of evening civil twilight and the beginning of morning civil twilight, as published in The Air Almanac, converted to local time ... customized for a particular location. The link for the Naval Observatory is https://www.usno.navy.mil/search?SearchableText=air+ almanac+. 5.7.1 Civil Twilight Operations. When small UAS operations occur during civil twilight, the small unmanned aircraft must be equipped with anti-collision lighting visible…

• Helicopter Flying Handbookp. 12-10
  Chapter 12: Night Operations › Helicopter Night VFR Operations

  Helicopter Night VFR Operations While ceiling and visibility significantly affect safety in night VFR operations, lighting conditions also have a profound effect on safety. Even in conditions in which visibility and ceiling are determined to be visual meteorological conditions ... order to conduct operations safely, seeing conditions must be accounted for in the planning and execution of night VFR operations. Night VFR seeing conditions can be described by identifying high lighting conditions and low lighting conditions. High lighting conditions exist…